Surrounded by cocoa trees and intense heat, Christian Andre Yapi is forced to admit that the precious beans are no longer growing as they should, a major problem for the world’s leading producer.”The beans are turning black,” and rotting, he tells AFP at his plantation near Agboville, 70 kilometres (nearly 45 miles) from the economic …
France and its allies Monday sought to drum up hundreds of millions in aid for Sudan a year since its civil war erupted, sparking one of the world’s worst and most underfunded humanitarian crises.Tens of thousands of people have been killed and 8.5 million more have been forced to flee their homes since fighting broke …
France hosts Sudan conference a year into ‘forgotten’ warMon, 15 Apr 2024 11:27:09 GMT Read More »
Sprint star Letsile Tebogo hails from Botswana, a country famed for its diamonds, but it is gold he is seeking at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games this July and August. Â Â The 100 and 200-metre athlete turns 21 in June, and the perfect belated birthday present would be becoming the first African to win events once …
Botswana sprint diamond Tebogo eyes double Olympic goldMon, 15 Apr 2024 01:27:03 GMT Read More »
To enter the Museum of the Bamoun Kings in western Cameroon, you have to pass under the fangs of a gigantic two-headed snake — the highlight of an imposing coat of arms of one of the oldest kingdoms in sub-Saharan Africa.Thousands of Cameroonians gathered in the royal palace square in Foumban on Saturday to celebrate …
Cameroon opens museum honouring oldest sub-Saharan kingdomMon, 15 Apr 2024 00:20:06 GMT Read More »
A year after civil war erupted again in Sudan, 24-year-old Alabaki Abbas Ishag has been surviving in a makeshift border refugee camp in Chad for a month.Ishag is one of 8.5 million people displaced by fighting between Sudan’s regular army and paramilitaries.He managed to reach the Chadian border village of Koufroun after going into hiding …
A year into Sudan war, refugees try to survive in ChadSun, 14 Apr 2024 05:25:57 GMT Read More »
On a stretch of grass doubling as a parking lot in an impoverished Johannesburg township, a group of party activists chanted “we need new leaders!” timidly followed by a couple of dozen onlookers.”Rise Songezo, Rise!” they continued before introducing Songezo Zibi, the head of Rise Mzansi — a small party among a cohort of new …
South Africa fragmented opposition jostles for visibilitySun, 14 Apr 2024 03:37:17 GMT Read More »
With less than two months to South Africa’s crunch election, scandal-tainted former president Jacob Zuma has stolen the spotlight in an unlikely comeback, further wounding the ruling ANC, analysts say.Arguably the most polarising politician in the country’s history of democracy, Zuma’s politicking can be enthralling or perplexing. The ex-leader remains at the centre of discourse both …
S.Africa’s Zuma steals spotlight ahead of crunch pollSat, 13 Apr 2024 19:52:19 GMT Read More »
Thousands of people in Niger’s capital on Saturday protested for the immediate departure of US soldiers from the north, after the military junta in Niamey said it was withdrawing from a military agreement with Washington. Following a July coup, the West African country said in mid-March that the 2012 cooperation agreement had been “unilaterally imposed” by …
Thousands protest in Niger for US troops to leaveSat, 13 Apr 2024 16:04:58 GMT Read More »
The African Union on Saturday urged Mali to provide a post-coup transition ‘roadmap’, saying the move was needed to steer the country back to democratic rule.Earlier this week Mali’s military junta ordered the suspension of all political activities — citing a need to maintain public order — and the African Union expressed “grave concern” at …
Mali’s ruling junta will only organise elections to hand back power to civilians once the security situation has been completely stabilised, the military-appointed prime minister has said.The West African nation has been ruled by juntas since back-to-back coups in 2020 and 2021, with the worsening security situation aggravated by armed jihadist and separatist groups. “The stabilisation …
Mali PM says elections will only happen once stabilisedFri, 12 Apr 2024 18:08:24 GMT Read More »
